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Illegal gold-mining is destroying tracts of pristine rainforest in Congo’s Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site meant to be a haven for the endangered mammal nicknamed Africa’s unicorn, environmental organisations warned on Tuesday.
Source: Congolese NGOs decry mining in main refuge of ‘Africa’s unicorn’
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Sale calls into question protection deal signed at Cop26 as expert warns Congo auction could be a catastrophe for wildlife, health and climate…
Source: DRC to auction oil and gas permits in endangered gorilla habitat
Photo: Eric Lodde
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A new report reveals how US agencies and conservation organizations have supported violence against Indigenous Batwa people.
Source: Indigenous people are being killed to ‘protect’ a Congolese park
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Buzzfeed asked experts for their starter recommendations — and they delivered.
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DR Congo’s Kahuzi-Biega National Park is celebrating the birth of an eastern lowland gorilla, one of the world’s most endangered species.
Source: Gorillas in our midst: DR Congo park fetes rare birth
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The Salonga National Park in central Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been removed from UNESCO’s list of World Heritage in Danger. This is an early decision according to environmental activists, who continue to call for the cancellation of oil concessions granted in the Salonga and Virunga parks by the DRC government.
Source: DRC: Removal of Salonga Park from World Heritage in Danger divides | Afrik 21
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Africa’s largest tropical rainforest reserve, the Salonga National Park has been removed from “World Heritage in Danger” list.
Source: Africa’s largest rainforest removed from ‘World Heritage in Danger’ list
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The Democratic Republic of Congo scored a key heritage victory on Monday as UNESCO removed one of its nature reserves from a list of threatened sites, the UN agency said.
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Tourists who were near the crater the Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic Congo erupted are safe, the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) said Sunday. Nor were the rare mountain gorillas in the Virunga National Park threatened by the eruption, the institute added.
Source: Tourists and gorillas ‘safe’ after DRC volcano eruption
Source: DRC: Access to Kahuzi-Biega Park blocked by rangers in a bid to claim their wages
Source: UNESCO condemns the murder of two guards at Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Source: DRC’s Okapi Wildlife Reserve gets new management partner in WCS
High-stakes conflict threatens DR Congo gorillas…
A deadly conflict is brewing between those forced out of the DRC’s Kahuzi-Biéga national park and the rangers charged with protecting it.
Coming face to face with Grauer’s Gorillas in the Congo is an unforgettable experience
A world without okapi would be a very sad place.
Source: 11 amazing UNESCO World Heritage sites in danger of disappearing forever
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